“We have a problem in obesity in children,” Dr. Thomas Farley, commissioner of the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, testified at a City Council hearing earlier this year. “I am concerned that if we have breakfast in every classroom, that that could contribute to the problem and possibly make it worse.”

He went on to say that more kids are suffering from health problems related to obesity than are from “not eating enough calories.”

As we pointed out yesterday, while the mayor thinks the risks of allowing a few fat kids to sneak an extra breakfast outweighs the benefits of making sure no kid goes to school hungry, it’s currently not a requirement in New York City schools to offer physical education classes — which makes City Hall’s opposition to the breakfast plan even dumber.